11/18/2025
2026 Tax Season Changes.
CRA has made many changes over the last year, this has resulted in authorization changes.
Clients should be setup with a CRA account in order to confirm documents to complete your Tax return, Below is the step-by-step directions to do this. If this is not setup for tax season additional fees and delays could happen. Clients will have to add me as a representative.
To register for a CRA user ID and password?
My Account for Individuals
You will have to complete two steps.
Step 1 – Provide personal information
● Enter your social insurance number.
● Enter your date of birth.
● Enter your current postal code or ZIP code .
● Enter an amount you entered on one of your income tax and benefit returns. Have a
copy of your returns handy. The line amount requested will vary, it could be from the
current tax year or the previous one. To register, a return for one of these two years must
have been filed and assessed.
● Create a CRA user ID and password.
● Create your security questions and answers. You can also decide if you want a
persistent cookie added to your computer, so you can access CRA sign-in services
using that same computer later without being asked for more identification.
● Enroll in mandatory multi-factor authentication by selecting your preferred method
(telephone or passcode grid). For more information, see multi-factor authentication .
After you complete step one of the registration process, you will have access to limited tax
information on My Account. After you enter your CRA security code, you will have access to
the full suite of services available in My Account, as well as the Auto-fill my return service.
Step 2 – Enter the CRA security code
To access your account, return to My Account for Individuals , select "CRA sign in," and enter
your CRA user ID and password. When prompted, enter your CRA security code.
You can sign in to CRA sign-in services with a Sign-In Partner . This option lets you sign in with
the same sign-in information that you may already have, such as for online banking. For more
information, see Sign-In Partners Help and FAQs .
Send a message to learn more